There's a whole genre of this kind of art. It's actually very interesting once you get past the fact that they are dead bodies. I didn't see these, but the ones I saw were beautiful. At first you're grossed out and a little freaked out, but then the shock wears off and it becomes about the message or the beauty of the form.
I went to a exhibit in San Francisco several years ago that was all this kind of "disturbing" art. There was a photo exhibit of forensic pics, one of medical surgery photos, another of voyeur type shots of a brothel across an alley and one video exhibit.
The video was really interesting, IMO. Cameras had been set up to record any vertical movement underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Basically it caught jumpers on film. What you ended up with was a darkened room with quotes about suicide in light boxes and an endless loop of people jumping to their death from the bridge.
My boyfriend couldn't stay in there as it upset him too much, but after the shock of what I was seeing wore off, I was hypnotized by it all. Very moving.
It's certainly not for everyone and there's probably some prurient interest being served to some people who are more than a little twisted.
But then I guess it comes down to a matter of freedom of speech and expression. I'd rather allow some art/speech that offends me than for someone to tell me what and how I have to think.
